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Yet another theory

Author: Katrina
Date: 2009-08-18 15:56

Another report from doctors who have another theory on Mozart's death:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090818/lf_nm_life/us_mozart

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Re: Yet another theory

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2009-08-19 11:42

Interesting the dutch doctor distinguishes between a late rash and an early scarlet fever rash. Every source I consulted states that scarlet fever is strep throat with a rash. No other kind of rash is mentioned as associated with strep A.
In the final chapter of his "Mozart", Wolfgang Hildesheimer does a round up of then (1977) theories about the death of WA Mozart. Very interesting, if a trifle prolix. Among them is mentioned in the notes, a hypothesis advanced in a german medical journal (1967) that the cause of death was possibly "nephrosclerosis". I guess we'll never know for sure, due to lack of reliable evidence, although Salieri is pretty much exonerated these days.

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